Things to do in London this weekend
Grab the weekend by the horns and get stuck into the best things to do on Friday, Saturday and Sunday in London
Gear up for a big one this weekend in London. No, not you Storm Dennis, you’ve already done enough damage – be gone! Hopefully the weather will be brighter and happier this weekend, so get out and make the most of the city. Sink some pints at craft beer fest Cask 2020, see awesome automobiles at The London Classic Car Show or hunt down pre-loved gems at The Big London Flea. The weekend’s yours for the taking.
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What’s on this weekend?
Daydream Library Series and Ecstatic Peace Library Record Store Pop Up
What is it?
Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and friends are behind this pop-up record store in north London.
Why go?
To shop vinyl records, posters, art, vintage T-shirts and memorabilia. The space will double up as a bookshop, art gallery and the HQ of an underground newspaper.
‘Steve McQueen’
What is it?
A heavy-hitting art exhibition from Turner Prize- and Oscar-winning Steve McQueen.
Why go?
To see a painful, moving and totally amazing show about racism, violence, greed, oppression, manipulation and sadness. It’s truly eye-opening stuff.
‘Melvin Edwards’
What is it?
An exhibition filled with brutal but beautiful welded metal sculptures made up of clamps, pegs, crowbars, screwdrivers, metal plates and more.
Why go?
It’s big, tough art that references big, tough themes such as mass acts of racism, violence, oppression and brutality.
‘Leopoldstadt’
What is it?
Legendary playwright Tom Stoppard’s alleged final play about the devastating rise and fall of Vienna’s Jewish community in the twentieth century.
Why go?
To see a vast cast and an enormous amount of history crammed into its two-and-a-half hours. It’s a powerful and sincere tribute to a vanished people.